ALVAREZ, AL

Poker: Bets, Bluffs and Bad Beats

Bloomsbury. 2001. (ISBN: 9780747553779). Hardcover. Hardback with D/J in like new condition. Amazon In Poker Bets, Bluffs, and Bad Beats, journalist, poet and novelist Al Alvarez looks back on a lifetime's immersion in the business of playing cards for money, and quantifies the emotional and intellectual pot into which he and millions of other players past and present have been tossing their chips for nearly 200 years. For the past 40 years or more I have played poker regularly, once or twice a week, except when I am in Las Vegas, when I play all day every day for a couple of weeks on end. Poker changed my life, and sometimes I think it may even have saved it. From the card-sharps on the Mississippi steamboats, to the thrill-seeking octogenarians playing for $5 jackpots in corporate Las Vegas, Alvarez explores the history and mythology of the game, the legends and the also-rans, arguing that the legacy of poker is far greater than sum of its losers and winners. Alvarez gauges how far the language and underlying attitudes of the game have become interwoven with American-led culture; how the bluffing and dollar-bullying that are key to winning are writ large across the history of power brokering in the USA, from the days of the "wild frontier" to the ongoing struggles for supremacy in the White House; how the professional players' maxim, "never give a sucker an even break", is the guiding principle of a me-first consumption-fixated society. Or as Walter Matthau put it: "The game exemplifies all the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great." A witty, intelligent study, lavishly and eclectically illustrated with images of the ephemera and iconography of the game, this is a gorgeous book - product of one pipe-smoking poet's turbulent, enduring love affair with poker, with risk and reward, and the men and women, both real and imagined, who have marshalled the qualities of high thinking and low cunning that mark out the true card player. Alex Hankin. Used: Acceptable.

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ALVES, R A

Protestantism & Repression

SCM Press. 1985. (ISBN: 9780334022787). Paperback. Paperback - 1985 - good condition exlibrary - - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, exlibrary books sold, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. 0-334-02278-9. Isbn 0334022789. Used: Acceptable.

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ALWIS, JAMES DE

A Survey of Sinhala Literature (Being an Introduction to a Translation of the Sidat Sangarava) (Ceylon National Museums Translation Series)

Department of National Museums / The Government Press. 1966. Paperback, a5 cream no text plastic cover. Condition fair, most pages clean, some pages wrinkled at the start and end of the book, internal pages mainly clean, cover scuffed and marked, page edges have shelf dust, has had a plastic over on. Used: Acceptable.

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WILLIAMS-ELLIS-AMABEL-AND

Strange Planets

Blackie. 1977. (ISBN: 9780216902336). Hardback. Condition good with dust jacket. First page removed. Used: Acceptable.

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AMALRIK, GUZEL

Memories of a Tartar Childhood

Hutchinson. 1979. (ISBN: 9780091398903). Hardback, a5 faded red. Condition clean, fading to jacket, owners name on first page, slight old book smell. Isbn 0-09-139890-8, 0091398908. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 6093

Catalogue: Biology

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AMARO, BHIKKHU

Tudong: The Long Road North

A5 light blue black text hard to read words, English Sangha Trust. 1984. Paperback. Paperback clean condition internally, cover creased and scuffed, spine cracked no pages loose, page edges dusty. Used: Acceptable.

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AMBLER, ERIC

Care of Time

Gargae A a5+ cream and dark blue black text, Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd. 1982. (ISBN: 9780708908280). Hardcover. Hardback with dust jacket in average condition, pages clean inside but ex library and page edges dusty with stamps, slight musty smell. Used: Acceptable.

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AMBRUS, VICTOR G

Cyfri Gyda Draciwla

Front room red and white no spine a5, Gomer Press. 1996. (ISBN: 9781859023761). Paperback. Paperback in good condition, some creasing to cover, ex library book. 1996 Gomer Press. Text is in WELSH. - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Excess postage may be required for books over 1 kg in weight outside the EU. ISBN 1-85902-376-2 1859023762. Used: Acceptable.

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AMEN, KAREN

The Bottom Line

Dealerfield. 1996. Paperback. Paperback in average condition. Some creasing to cover and shelf dust. From the Author of The Crunch. The new and dynamic way to tighten and tone the buttocks and thighs. Good illustrations throughout. - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 19502

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AMERY, HEATHER

Sgubor Ar Dan

Gomer Press. 2002. (ISBN: 9781843231349). Paperback, 17.4 x 17.2 x 0.4 cm. Paperback in reasonable condition, well read but no ink or pen marks, cover a little creased. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 1247

Catalogue: Welsh

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AMERY, HEATHER

Tractor Ar Ras

Gomer Press. 2002. (ISBN: 9781843231325). Paperback, 17 x 17 x 0.6 cm. Paperback in reasonable condition, cover creased but no ink or pen marks. ISBN 1843231328 1-84323-132-8. Used: Acceptable.

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AMIS, MARTIN

Other People

Garage orange a5, Penguin. 1982. (ISBN: 9780140060065). Paperback. Like a ghost or a fugitive, Mary roams through London -- pursuing and pursued by memory and forgetting, by the compelling Amy Hide and the charming Mr. Wrong. Martin Amis sustains an unnervingly high degree of suspense as Mary and the reader yearn to grasp what has happened to Mary's past and ponder what its loss has gained her. Unfolding is a metaphysical thriller where jealously-guarded secrets jostle with startling insights. Other People is ambitious and accomplished, heralding for Amis an unexpected new direction as a novelist and for the rest of us an experience not to be missed. 0-14-006006-5. Paperback - 1982 - good condition - - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, exlibrary books sold, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Isbn 0140060065. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 19254

Catalogue: Fiction

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AMMAR, HAOUIMI

Radiology for Frcr and Mrcp

Unknown Press. 2001. Paperback. Paperback - 2001 - fair condition - - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, exlibrary books sold, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Isbn. Used: Acceptable.

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Book number: 9335

Catalogue: Radiology

AMOR, ANNE CLARK

Lewis Carroll, Child of the North

white top of stairs, Lewis Carroll Society. 1995. (ISBN: 9780904117134). Paperback. Condition good, clean. ref ZKVQ. Good.

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Book number: 27041

Catalogue: Poetry, Drama & Criticism

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AMOS, BEVERLEY

Calligraphy: A Handbook for Beginners

Garage A4 yellow spiral bound, Blitz Editions. 1993. (ISBN: 9781856052184). Paperback. Paperback spiral boudn in good condition. 1993 Blitz Editions. A beginners' guide to calligraphy, covering materials and techniques, basic alphabets with historical information, practice strokes and finished examples, design features, and calligraphy for specific purposes, such as posters, envelopes and company logos. - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. Excess postage may be required for books over 1 kg in weight outside the EU. ISBN 1-85605-218-4 1856052184. Used: Acceptable.

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